Not a Box: A Celebration of the Power of Imagination

I teach pre-k and preschool with a few 2 and 5 year olds mixed in. They love this book. As a teacher and adult, I also love it. Its imaginative, creative, and funny. It's nice and short in terms of word and page count, but you can easily turn one reading of it into a whole day's (probably week's) worth of lessons and activities. It worked especially well as an introduction to lessons and activities that involve boxes (of which there are SO MANY). There are also easy ways to turn it into a fun guessing game and to turn it into many other possible interactive reading experiences. I think it's also the kind of book that helps grown-ups see things from kids' perspectives. I would highly, highly recommend this book.

The imagination of children is perfectly captured in this book. So simple, yet so powerful! We were gifted this copy and have purchased a hardcover for our nephew.

Kid loves this book, uses the phrases on finding boxes lying around.

Adorable book that I use for my preK and kindergarten class to explore using the imagination.

This book is so fun, unique and good. I love giving it to new little children to explore their creativity.

I will say it here and now... I LOVE THIS BOOK! I bought this book as a board book because my two year old class loves it whenever i read this book! This book shows how you can use you imagination and make simple things so much fun! Due to the simple writing and images, you can easily create a new story or read it based on the book. Great quality and great book if you have the imagination!

Bedtime Story-Not A Box What a wonderful and imaginative story. Prefect for his grade level too. One line repetition though out the book. He was VERY excited about this book.... Lots of discussion while being read to. I remember the lure of a box, especially those wonderfully long refridgerator sized boxes. This book evokes that magic of the imagination. Even the cover of the book mimics it. It is brown paper with no dust jacket, on the front it proclaims in weight in oz. On the back a red arrow points out "this end up". As the story opens and the reader flips through the publication and title page, a small bunny spots and tugs away a box that it has found. Now we see the bunny sitting quietly within his treasure as someone (perhaps the reader) asks, "Why are sitting in a box?" A turn of the page and it's the same bunny in the same box, but now red lines have appeared around them to sketch out a fabulous racing car. The opposite page is now bright red and at the bottom of it sit the words, "It's not a box." Turn the page and now the bunny is standing on top of the box. When asked why, the red lines have turned the box into an alpine peak with the bunny at the crest of the summit. "It's not a box.” Grade Level: Preschool - 1 Board book: 28 pages Publisher: HarperFestival; Brdbk edition (September 27, 2011) Language: English

We shared this book with the 2 year old in our life and she LOVED IT! She has a big imagination and this book fueled it. It’s very simple, fun, and creative. The only bad thing about this book is the fact that I have four pages out of order in my copy.

I love that this is a board book. I love the simple drawings, I love the simple text that invites a depth of thinking. I love the creative inventions that the rabbit thinks about for the box. It invites kids to be inventive, and curious, and to play deeply. I teach 3-5 year olds

This book is so perfect for primary aged kids. Mine loved it- loved the repetitiveness of it and the imagination behind it. Simple yet beautiful/thought provoking. What every children’s book should be.

Um livro muito fofo sobre imaginação

best book to illustrate what imagination can do for you ... an entire new world to explore for your kids and you. Simply beautiful and magical

Libro molto semplice che stimola la creatività nei bambini.